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The Amazing History of
Primavera Software(as told by a Complete Outsider)
By Ron Winter, PSP
Schedule Analyzer Software
History?
• There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know. Harry S. Truman
• A people without the knowledge of their • A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots. Marcus Garvey, social activist
Why Study Primavera
History?• Schedulers
– Need to know of new features
– Why a feature was or was not used
– How processes accomplished in the past
• Forensic Analysts • Forensic Analysts
– Validate Expertise
• Need to understand the basis of the features
• When a feature was introduced
– Need to know how to access old data
• Managers need to coordinate systems
• 1998: Eagle Ray presents at PMI Global
• July 1999: Primavera launches Primavera Enterprise 1.0Enterprise 1.0
– Unlimited Global & Project level activity codes
– Unlimited Global & Project resource calendars
– Unlimited Operational Breakdown System
– Uses Interbase, Oracle, or MS SQL
databases
• December 1999: Version 1.5
– Progress Reporter for the web
– HTML editing– HTML editing
– Resource Roles
– Improved P3 data conversion utility
• August 2000: Version 2.0
– Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
– Hourly scheduling and shifts– Hourly scheduling and shifts
– Project summarizations & budgeting
– Project & resource codes
– Multiple relationships between activities
– Weighed Steps
– Global Change
• December 2000: Version 2.0.1
– Major password fix
– Additional timesheet security– Additional timesheet security
– Report Writer fixes
– Import issues fixes
• March 2001: Version 2.1
– Fourth Duration Type (Fixed Duration & Units)
– Print reports in Progress Reporter– Print reports in Progress Reporter
– Auto-schedule after importing
– Major importing performance enhancements
– Fixed import of inter-project relationships
– Fixed external relationships updating
• 2002: Now called P3e Version 3.0. Consists of:
– Project Management Module (PM)– Project Management Module (PM)
– Methodology Manager
– Portfolio Analyst
• 2003: P3e renamed P3e/c Version 3.5
– Notebooks
– Revised the Work Breakdown System (WBS)– Revised the Work Breakdown System (WBS)
– Revised Activity Steps
– On-screen logic trace
– Actual Dates CPM scheduling option
• 2004: Renamed P3 Engineering & Construction Version 4.0
– MSDE becomes the stand-alone database – MSDE becomes the stand-alone database
server
– Claim Digger Version 1 added
• 2005: Renamed to ‘Primavera’ Version 5.0– Early & late dates no longer blanked for actuals
– WBS summary activity type added
– Progress Spotlight updating added
– EPS-level activities codes added
– Unlimited Baselines
– Suspend & Resume added
– Saves past period actuals
– Undo feature added
– Excel Import/Export function added
• One month later Version 5.0 Service Pack 1 …
– Total Float is once again blanked-out for – Total Float is once again blanked-out for
completed activities.
• 2006: Renamed to P6 Version 6.0
– MS SQL Express 2005 is the stand-alone
databasedatabase
– Import & Export via XML format (buggy)
– Finish dates change when durations are
changed
– Time scale in Gantt Chart is now adjustable
• March 2008: P6 Service Pack 1 (P6.1)– Fixed data not committed & refreshed properly
– Fixed scheduling freezing at 95%
– Fixed XER causing duplicate resource assignments
– Fixed crashing when modifying sitelines/ timescale
– Fixed Excel import of constraints
– Fix Report Editor displaying wrong activity codes
– Fixed Report Editor not showing cell properties
– Fixed wrong dates on timesheets spanning
years
• Later 2008: P6 SP 2 (P6.2)
– Milestone ‘one minute off’ problem fixed
– Secure resource, project, & activity codes– Secure resource, project, & activity codes
– Total Float can now be calculated for a
Program of schedules as a group instead of
singly
• April 2009: P6 Version 6.5– Fix resource leveling with priorities
– Fixed actual units spreading incorrectly
– Fixed Project Integrity removing EPS codes
– Fixed Claim Digger displaying wrong Activity ID
– Fixed XLS import causing corrupted relationships
– Fixed Expected Finish causing 0 duration activities
– Fixed Finish Milestone constrained 1 minute late
• Later 2009: P6 Version 6.7
– Default Date issue
• Suspend/Resume & Constraints still wrong• Suspend/Resume & Constraints still wrong
– Improved summary activity duration
calculations
• 2009 P6 Version 7
– User designated hour/day conversion factors
moved to individual calendarsmoved to individual calendars
– Default Date/Time issue partially fixed
– Improved summary duration calculations
– Late Dates were added to the S-Curve report
– New Activity ID renumbering options
– Excel security options separate from XER
– Oracle XE (g10) is new stand-alone database
• September 2010: P6.7 SP 2
– No support P3 export/import w/o P3 installed
– Update Baseline now sets Actual Start & RD– Update Baseline now sets Actual Start & RD
– Fixes XER Import Configuration Layout
problems
– Fixes error when using two activity filters
– Fixed disappearing/non-editable Notebook
topics
– Multiple Float Paths fixes
• December 2010: P6 Version 7 SP3
– Time-scaled logic diagrams added
– Expands Memo Fields beyond 400 characters– Expands Memo Fields beyond 400 characters
– Sight Line added, also fixes for:
• Scrambling WBS’s after import
• Actuals not being spread correctly
• Update Baseline with Activity Codes &
relationships missing from new activities
• Update Baseline not Updating Existing
• Oracle XE not starting for stand-alone users
• May 2011: Renamed P6 Professional (P6 Pro) Version 8.1
– No Version 8.0– No Version 8.0
– Enhanced activity filtering & grouping
– Personalize Toolbars
– WBS/Activity tabs
– Will not interface with EPPM database
• Eliminated from both types of P6:
– Summary-only projects
– Microsoft ProjectLink (MS-managed – Microsoft ProjectLink (MS-managed
schedules)
– Project Architect
– Top Down Estimation
– Check Project Integrity
• December 2011: P6 Pro Version 8.2
– MS Project import enhancements
– Ms Project 2010 XML support– Ms Project 2010 XML support
– Line numbering feature
– Timescaled Logic Diagram enhancements
• Enhanced filtering, sightlines, activity code color
coding, templates, grouping, and performance
– Both Pro & EPPM use the same client
software
• December 2011: NOT in P6 Pro Version 8
– Schedule Checker
– Resource Overload– Resource Overload
– P6 Mobile
– Timecards
Current Client/Server
Software
• P6 Pro Version 8.2
• P6 Version 7, SP 4
• P6 Version 6.2, SP 4 or 6.7• P6 Version 6.2, SP 4 or 6.7
Schedule Analyzer
Software
• Baseline Checker
• Update Checker
• Dashboard
• Longest Path Software• Longest Path Software
• Logic League
• Schedule Logger
• Date Calculator
• Delete Steps